A right-wing organisation on Friday filed a civil go well with in search of a ban on the annual observance of the ‘Urs’ (demise anniversary) of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan on the Taj Mahal. The ‘Urs’ occasion is deliberate from February 6 to February 8 subsequent week.
Based on a Bar & Bench report, the Hindu outfit Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) has moved the Agra district courtroom in search of prohibitory injunction on observance of the ‘Urs’ (demise anniversary) of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan on the Taj Mahal.
The go well with that was listed earlier than a civil choose at Agra District Court docket on Friday, can be subsequent heard on March 31. The petitioner has additionally sought a ban on free entry of individuals to Taj Mahal on the event, the report mentioned.
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Based on the report, the right-wing outfit alleged that the Celebration Committee Tajgang was planning to have fun the ‘urs’ on the historic monument with out the taking the permission from the federal government and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
The go well with additional alleges that the president of the mentioned committee is in not associated to Taj Mahal in any approach. They additional acknowledged that he’s neither an worker at Taj Mahal nor has any concern with the monument.
The occasion is organised yearly to mark the demise of the late Mughal emperor Shah Jahan who constructed the Taj Mahal in 1653. On today numerous rituals resembling ‘chadar posh,’ ‘sandal,’ ‘milad sharif’ ‘ghusul,’ and ‘kul’ are carried out on the Taj Mahal. Final yr, a chadar measuring 1,450 metres was be provided to emperor Shah Jahan’s tomb on the event of Urs. Later, a langar was served within the forecourt.
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Shah Jahan was the fifth Mughal ruler after Babur, Humayun, Akbar, and Jahangir. Akbar’s favorite, Shah Jahan succeeded to the throne upon his father Jahangir’s demise in 1627.